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tributable

tributable adjective: liable to pay tribute.

Adjective

tributable (not comparable)

  1. Liable to pay tribute.
    • The rolls contained the names of three hundred and seventy tributable towns, with the amount and kind of taxes to be paid […]1883, Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Mexico: 1521-1600

Origin of tributable

From tribute + -able.

Questions about tributable

What does tributable mean?
Tributable means liable to pay tribute.
What part of speech is tributable?
Tributable is an adjective.

Words near tributable in the dictionary

  1. tribunitiary
  2. tribunitious
  3. tribunitive
  4. tribus
  5. tribuses
  6. tributable
  7. tributaries
  8. tributarily
  9. tributariness
  10. tributary
  11. tributary load

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